[Python-ideas] Proposal for special name and qualname symbols

[MRAB]

On 2016-06-08 17:09, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
[snip]
> Q: Wait a minute, isn't @ used for matrix multiplication now? And @@ may
> be used for matrix exponentiation in the future?
>
> A: Oh yeah, I forgot that. Damn. Guess we'll have to use the dunder
> names then.
>
> Q: But the dunder names are too long to type.
>
> A: Then think of your own symbols and propose them :-)
>
I don't think that using @ as you did will be a problem.

After all, * is used both as an infix operator and a prefix to pack/unpack.